Timeline of Kingston upon Hull

Pre history–15th century

• c.4900–4000 BC – Hunter-gatherers are present in Sutton-on-Hull, in the north of present-day Kingston upon Hull
• 750–500 BC – A Bronze Age settlement is present on the site of modern-day Alexandra Dock.
• 1086 – The Domesday Book records settlements at Sutton-on-Hull, Drypool, Marfleet, Myton and Southcoates.
• 1275 – Wyke, an area in Kingston upon Hull, is appointed as the customs head port for the north of England.
• 1279 – Market active.
• 1282 – Fresh water supply established for the town from Anlaby.
• 1293
• *Wyke is bought by Edward I.
• *Hull Fair begins.
• 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.
• 1299 – Town Charter granted and town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."
• 1302 – Quay built.
• 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built.
• 1321–24 – Defences consisting of a ditch and wooden palisade are built around the town.
• 1331–34 – A meat market is created.
• 1332 – William de la Pole becomes the first mayor of Hull.
• 1333 – First documented mention of a guildhall in Kingston upon Hull.
• 1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.
• 1377 – Population of 1,557 adult taxpayers are recorded through poll tax records.
• 1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.
• 1402 – Rioting occurs against the mayor.
• 1440 – Town incorporated and is made its own county.
• 1447 – The county of Hull is expanded by over 5 miles on the west side of the town.
• 1486 – Grammar school founded.

  16th–18th century

• 1515 – A fish market is created.
• 1536 – The Pilgrimage of Grace spreads to Hull.
• 1537 – Plague breaks out in Hull.
• 1541 – The town is visited by Henry VIII.
• 1539 – The last two monastic houses are closed because of the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.
• 1575–76 – Outbreak of the plague.
• 1588 – Repairs are made to the city walls.
• 1602–04 – Outbreak of the plague.
• 1637 – Outbreak of the plague.
• 1640 – King Charles visits.
• 1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.
• 1673 – Hull has 1,373 households and a population of 6,500.
• 1681–90 – Hull Citadel is built.
• 1688 – 'Town-taking': townspeople overthrow the Catholic governor.
• 1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.
• 1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published.
• 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.
• 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.
• 1778 – Dock built.
• 1780
• * William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.
• * Jewish community establishes synagogue.
• 1782 – General Infirmary established.
• 1792 – St John's Church built.
• 1797 – Cooperative mill built.

  19th century

• 1801 – The population of the town is 22,161.
• 1809 – Humber Dock built.
• 1829
• * United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.
• * Junction Dock built.
• * St Charles Borromeo church opens.
• 1836 – Police force established.
• 1837
• *Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.
• *Explosion of the Union Steam Packet in June
• 1840
• * Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.
• * Zoological Gardens established.
• 1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company in business.
• 1846 – Railway Dock is established.
• 1850 – Victoria Dock built.
• 1851 – Population of Hull is 84,690.
• 1854
• * Royal Institution opens.
• * Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.
• * Junction Dock is renamed Prince's Dock.
• 1860 – Pearson Park established.
• 1861
• * Hull School of Art founded.
• * Population: 93,955.
• 1864 – Londesborough Barracks completed.
• 1865 – Hull Football Club founded.
• 1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.
• 1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.
• 1869 – Albert Dock is established.
• 1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.
• 1873 – William Wright Dock is established.
• 1875 – Tram in operation.
• 1880 – Botanic garden opens.
• 1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.
• 1882
• * Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.
• * Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.
• 1883 – St Andrew's Dock is established.
• 1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.
• 1885
• * Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.
• * Alexandra Dock built.
• * Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.
• 1886 – Synagogue established.
• 1887
• * East Park opens.
• * First women's rugby match is played in Hull.
• 1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.
• 1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers' Association formed.
• 1895 – The Boulevard opens.
• 1897 – Hull attains city status.
• 1898 – The Circle cricket ground is established.

  20th century

• 1901 – Hull's population is 236,772.
• 1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.
• 1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.
• 1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.
• 1907 – Riverside Quay is established.
• 1909 – Hull City Hall built.
• 1911
• * Theatre De Luxe opens.
• * Hull's population is 277,991.
• 1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.
• 1914 – King George Dock is established.
• 1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.
• 1921
• * Hull's population is 295,017.
• * First women's football match takes place in Hull.
• 1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.
• 1927
• * University College Hull established.
• * Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.
• * Ferens Art Gallery is established.
• 1931 – Hull's population is 309,198.
• 1937 – Trolleybus begins operating.
• 1939 – Hull New Theatre opens.
• 1940 – 19 June: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
• 1945 – 17 March: Aerial bombing by German forces ends.
• 1946 – Boothferry Park opens.
• 1951 – Hull's population is 295,172.
• 1961 – Hull's population is 289,716.
• 1966 – Closure of Western General Hospital.
• 1968 – Prince's Dock and Railway Dock are closed to shipping.
• 1971
• * Hull Truck Theatre founded.
• * Hull's population is 285,965.
• 1972 – Hull City Council established.
• 1974
• * City becomes part of Humberside shire county per Local Government Act 1972.
• * Airport opens in Kirmington.
• * Humberside Police established.
• 1981
• * Humber Bridge opens.
• * Two tornadoes touch down in Hull during the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak of 23 November 1981, causing damage to the Port of Hull and the city's north-eastern residential suburbia.
• * Hull's population is 266,751.
• 1983 – Hull Marina opens.
• 1985 – St Andrew's Dock closes to shipping.
• 1986 – Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.
• 1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.
• 1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park open.
• 1991
• * Princes Quay shopping centre opens.
• * Hull's population is 266,180.
• 1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.
• 1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.
• 1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.

  21st century

• 2000 – Closure of Kingston General Hospital.
• 2001
• * Hull Soul Club formed.
• * Hull's population is 243,589.
• 2002 – The Deep and KC Stadium open.
• 2007
• * Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.
• * June: Flooding occurs in Hull. 35,000 people are effected.
• * Hull Comedy Festival begins.
• 2008 – The first Freedom Festival takes place.
• 2010
• * Hull History Centre established.
• * Larkin 25 fest held.
• 2011 – Boothferry Park stadium is demolished.
• 2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.
• 2014 – Legal sanctions against prostitution introduced.
• 2017
• * Hull is the UK City of Culture.
• * 13 May: Holy Trinity Church rededicated as Hull Minster.
• 2018
• * January: Banksy work on Scott Street Bridge discovered.
• * 25 July: Bonus Arena opens
• 2019
• * October: Hull becomes the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.

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